Two other recommended Tucson dude ranches are the Lazy K Bar and the White Stallion. The latter is a 3,000-acre spread 17 miles outside Tucson that's operated by Allen and Cynthia True. Like Bob Cote at Tanque Verde, the Trues play host to foreigners as well as Americans.

At last count, they'd entertained guests from 47 countries who ride, sunbathe by a pool, soak in a hot tub and gather in the lounge with piano, billiard table, serve-yourself bar, wood fire and shelves of books.